I talked to my nurse about hpv?

Nurse

Many women do fight the virus...or keep it at bay, some women don鈥檛. The virus is still in the cells but not causing any problems or a low viral load where it is not seen in any test. The virus can cause problems many years down the road after the initial infection....sometime when your immune system is not as strong as it is now.

The vaccine only prevents two high risk HPV 16 and 18 and two low risk HPV types 6 and 11. Since you are HPV positive you have one or more of the high risk HPV types. The vaccine will not treat the HPV type you have but if you have not been exposed to the other HPV types then it will prevent you from getting that HPV type some time down the road.

Yearly exams are still a must even with the vaccine.

To read more about the vaccine www.gardasil.com


UAB Researchers Make Breakthrough Discovery of HPV Replication


Posted on March 15, 2004 at 4:00 p.m.

BIRMINGHAM, AL 鈥?Researchers at UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham) have discovered the mechanism used by a common virus to replicate itself and remain in the human body for decades. Human papillomavirus (HPV), a family of over 100-related viruses, are responsible for a variety of medical conditions, ranging from benign hand or foot warts to genital warts, cervical cancer and recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, a potentially fatal disease in children.

In an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in March, the research team reports that a viral replication protein known as E2 binds the circular viral DNA to cell structures called spindle fibers that are present in a cell when it divides, a process known as mitosis. In mitosis, a single cell divides in two, creating two genetically identical daughter cells. By latching onto the spindle fibers of the cell as it divides, HPV DNA also divides and replicates itself in each of the new daughter cells where it can continue to replicate and persist indefinitely.

鈥淚n effect, HPV is able to mimic our own chromosomes, behaving as a sort of 鈥榤ini-chromosome鈥? independently replicating and keeping pace as the cellular chromosomes replicate and the cell divides,鈥?says Tom Broker, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and molecular genetics and co-author of the paper. 鈥淭his allows the virus to remain in our bodies indefinitely, with the potential of causing serious disease years, even decades, after first exposure.鈥?br>
Broker says that virtually all humans carry at least one type of HPV for much of their lives, usually transmitted to the external skin very early in life or to the internal mucosal lining later during sexual contact. For most people, the virus persists at low levels without causing obvious disease, and the body鈥檚 immune system keeps it in check.

However, in some people, the virus can become activated and cause lesions, particularly if the infected tissue is repeatedly injured, or following periods of emotional or physical stress, during pregnancy, as a result of immunosuppressive therapy for immune disorders or organ transplantation, as a outcome of progressing HIV/AIDS, and even as a consequence of aging.

鈥淭his is a major breakthrough in our quest to find ways to treat the myriad conditions associated with HPV,鈥?says Louise Chow, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and molecular genetics and co-author of the paper. 鈥淭his improves our understanding of the mechanisms the virus uses to reproduce. We now have new molecular targets to aim at for antiviral drug discovery.鈥?br>
HPV鈥檚 special mechanism for attaching itself to the mitotic spindles and getting pulled into the daughter cells has not been observed with other families of viruses, according to Chow.

There are about 15,000 new cases of cervical or penile cancer attributed to HPV each year in the US, and nearly 5000 deaths. Worldwide, 600,000 cases occur annually, especially in developing countries without advanced medical diagnostic methods such as Papanicolaou (Pap) smear screening, which can detect the activation of HPV early enough for aggressive treatment to be successful.

HPV infection in the throat and respiratory tract, laryngeal papillomatosis, can cause recurrent respiratory papillomatosis in children, who are usually infected at birth from contact with HPV-caused genital warts present in the mother. There are an estimated 2,000 cases per year in the United States

This research was funded by grants from the United States Public Health Service and the National Cancer Institute, one of the National Institutes of Health. Tom Broker is the President of the International Papillomavirus Society. More information on HPV and associated disease can be found at the society鈥檚 Web site at www.IPVSoc.org.

if it was more serious she would tell u .
Don't worry. get the therapy and everything should be alright with some time.
all th best to u !!!!!!! (and dont worry. any further questions u might have about it, you are free to ask your doctor. ask , ans he/she will explain it to u ,as u have the right to know . just stay cool. u will get well.)
(smiley 4 u to be healthy as soon as possible)!!!!

First of all, take a deep breath...

HPV is the most common std in the united states. While men can get it, it is more common in women. At least 50% of all people who are sexually active will have hpv at some point in their lives. You may never experience any problems or symptoms from the virus. Risk factors include: unprotected sex, multiple sex partners, and having sex before the age of 18.

There are over 100 different strains of the hpv virus, with SOME causing genital warts (which would look similar to cauliflower), and some causing precancerous to cancerous changes in your cervix. The types of HPV that cause visible warts usually are not the same types that cause abnormal cervical cell changes.

The shot is a vaccine, not a cure, and will protect you from several of the most common types of the hpv virus (it will not cure you from the type you already have). This is why it is important to protect yourself against the other types of hpv by getting the shot.

Unfortunately, there is no cure for hpv. As a virus, it will stay in your system. It is possible to remove precancerous or cancerous cells from your cervix and not have any further problems again- your pap smears can be normal from that point on.

The important thing is to take the steps to further protect yourself and to use extreme caution in the future. Always use protection, but keep in mind that the risk of infection still exists, even with a condom.

Good luck and best wishes.

First off. the nurse may just be shrugging you off, until you see the MD. Pin him down with your questions and find out what you want to know! Secondly, there are several very good answers here to inform you. good luck :O)

There is a study showing that if you had active infection with HPV at the time when you got your Gardisil injection, you may have accelerated rate of developing dysplasia.
Be very careful.